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| Affected operating systems | Windows |
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| Included in our products from | April 2008 (4.28) |
| Protection available since | 11 February 2008 20:48:50 (GMT) |
| Detected by | All Sophos products |
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Please follow the instructions for removing Trojans.
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Troj/Exchan-A is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
Troj/Exchan-A attempts to copy itself to <System>\CbEvtSvc.exe and create a service named CbEvtSvc to run this file automatically on startup, creating registry entries at the following location:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\CbEvtSvc
Troj/Exchan-A attempts to connect to a remote website and may download and execute further files from there.
Sophos's anti-virus products include Behavioral Genotype ® Protection, which can proactively guard against new threats without requiring an update. Sophos customers have been protected against Troj/Exchan-A (detected as Sus/Malware-A) since version 4.19.
